This event in Ethiopia presented the challenges of uninsured agricultural risk and the role of formal insurance products in meeting this challenge. The main concepts of index insurance was introduced and how to implement index insurance.

The event also included presentations on work being conducted by the I4 teams and Oxfam America to research questions on how to design and delivery agricultural index insurance, and how to build capacity for delivering insurance. The plans for forthcoming work were also presented and discussed.

Presentations:

• Insurance for the Rural Poor
  Stefan Dercon, University of Oxford
• Issues to Consider in the Design of Index Insurance Products
  Andrew Mude, ILRI
• BASIX- An Introduction
  Ram Mohan Rao, BASIX
• Supporting Development of Market for Agricultural Insurance
  Sophia Belay, Oxfam America
• The Potential for Generic Weather Products and Group Contracts
  Ruth Vargas Hill, IFPRI
• Interlinking Credit and Insurance EPIICA: Ethiopian Project on Interlinking Insurance and Credit for Agriculture
  Craig McIntosh, University of California, San Diego
• Design and Development of IBLI for Southern Ethiopia
  Andrew Mude and Brenda Wandera, ILRI
• Introducing Future Trainings on Index Insurance
  Guush Berhane, IFPRI